Great Depression

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Across
  1. 4. Seen of protests when Congress rejected the 'Bonus Bill'.
  2. 8. period of time when debts do not have to be repaid, to give assistance, but debts not cancelled.
  3. 9. This rose significantly during the Great Depression.
  4. 10. Former members of the army, who often joined protests against the government in the early 1930s.
  5. 11. charitable support from the local/state government
  6. 12. Action taken to change a situation, in this context by the government.
  7. 13. area in the USA, mainly affecting Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico, which experienced drought in the 1930s.
  8. 14. President during the Great Depression
Down
  1. 1. Poorly paid migrant labourers, forced to move West from rural areas to seek work picking fruit during crisis. Many were from Oklahoma.
  2. 2. Economic policy that prioritises self-help and individual independence, not government assistance.
  3. 3. Those who protested against delayed payment of war pension
  4. 5. Half the women in this group lost their employment during the Great Depression.
  5. 6. President who won 1932 US election
  6. 7. Where the homeless lived during the Great Depression